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 THE YOUNG FIREMEN OF LAKEVILLE

"Fire! fire! fire!"

That is the cry that sometimes thrills us, ringing out during the day or in the silent hours of the night. And who is it whose heart does not jump within him when he sees the devouring flames leaping skyward, and sees the engines, hose-carts and long hook-and-ladder trucks dashing through the streets to put out the conflagration?

The life of the fireman is one full of excitement and often of peril. This Mr. Frank V, Webster fully realized when he wrote, "The Young Firemen of Lakeville; or, Herbert Dare's Pluck." How the boys became dissatisfied with the old "bucket brigade" and organized a real fire company, and how they worked at more than one fire, is told with great fidelity to life. And then there Is the secret of the old mansion, and that Is worked up in Mr. Webster's best style.

"The mystery In this story Is taken from life," Mr. Webster wrote us. "It surrounded an old man and a fortune worth nearly half a million dollars. A good-for-nothing grandson wanted to get It away from him."

Published, as are all the Frank V. Webster books, by the Cupples & Leon Company, New York. Bound In cloth. Illustrated, and for sale everywhere at thirty-five cents.